{"id":4350,"date":"2026-01-01T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=4350"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:40:46","slug":"heading-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2026\/01\/01\/heading-home","title":{"rendered":"Heading Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoyed a quick room service breakfast of pho, congee, and croissants. Took a taxi to the airport, and used the last of our small-ish bills for a tip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_7954-1024x769.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_7954-1024x769.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_7954-640x481.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_7954-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_7954-900x676.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_7954.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We have refrained from &#8220;dong&#8221; jokes this whole time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the plane, Vietnam airlines showed a video about the &#8220;echoes of the past.&#8221; I remarked on our short voyage in this proud country, eager for self-determination and development. It seems like they are doing okay, fifty years on from the devastation our country wrought. I hope the next fifty are even better for us both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0110\u1ea4T N\u01af\u1edaC G\u1ea4M HOA | T\u1ed5ng H\u1ee3p Phim Landing &amp; Boarding Tr\u00ean M\u00e1y Bay Vietnam Airlines\" width=\"889\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OV8k2ZB1q7w?start=3278&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took me a long time to find this video, so it&#8217;s memorialized here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoyed a quick room service breakfast of pho, congee, and croissants. Took a taxi to the airport, and used the last of our small-ish bills for a tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vietnam"],"geo":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4350"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4433,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350\/revisions\/4433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}